Harrison Ford marks his cinematic comeback with Crossing Over, a US immigration drama at cinemas from July 31. 

Harrison Ford is US immigration official in Crossing Over

The film explores modern immigration through the unlikely crossover of lives under an umbrella of visa and migration issues.

There is Ford’s work partner, Iranian-American Hamid (Cliff Curtis) whose primary goal as an immigration official is to prove to his family the importance of being American; a defense lawyer (Ashley Judd) who must organise the deportation of a family accused of terrorist ties; and US visa approval official (Ray Liotta) who wields his power in corrupt ways over a visa-seeking Australian model (Alice Eve).

But it’s Ford who is the star as immigration official Max Brogan.

Brogan appears every bit the macho man-in-charge. A jaded Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, his job is to track down and deport immigrants who don’t hold US visas.

But Brogan’s tough exterior reveals a fatal flaw: he feels compassion for the very people he must heartlessly expatriate.

In the style of the 2004 hit film Crash, Crossing Over weaves together the most unlikely of characters in an effort to examine modern attitudes toward race, power and immigration.